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NATO isn't planning for an intervention in Syria, either in the form of a no-fly zone or creation of "safe zones" for internal refugees, Alexander Vershbow, NATO's deputy secretary general, told defense reporters in Washington, D.C., Aug. 29, 2012. He said the conditions in Syria were different from those in Libya where NATO intervened militarily in 2011. For now, the alliance is concentrating on how it can help keep member Turkey from being drawn into the Syrian conflict, he said. Here, an Air Force KC-135 tanker from RAF Mildenhall, Britain, refuels a German air force Tornado strike aircraft over Germany, July 17, 2012. Such refuelings between alliance members occurred often during NATO's Libya mission.